Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)

BROWARD CHILDRENS CENTER•Pompano Beach, FL

43d•Onsite

About The Position

The Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) will assist Physical Therapists in providing physical therapy treatments and procedures. This role involves assisting in the development of treatment plans, carrying out routine functions, documenting patient progress, and modifying treatments as needed within the established plan. The PTA will work with patients to improve their functional abilities and recovery.

Requirements

Associates degree or certification from a physical therapy program that included course study in anatomy and physiology, and clinical experience.
Valid Florida Physical Therapist Assistant License
Valid CPR/First Aid Certifications
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
Regularly required to talk or hear.
Frequently required to use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Responsibilities

Instructs, motivates, safeguards, and assists patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.
Observes patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provides results to the physical therapist in person or through progress notes.
Confers with physical therapy staff and others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, and coordinating treatment.
Communicates with and instructs caregivers and family members on patient therapeutic activities and treatment plans.
Transports patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.
Secures patients into or onto therapy equipment.
Administers active and passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, and heat, light, sound, and electrical modality treatments such as ultrasound.
Measures patients range-of-joint motion, body parts, and vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.
Monitors operation of equipment and records use of equipment and administration of treatment.
Fits patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, and supportive devices such as crutches.